#C09A38#C09A38

#C09A38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.122 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09A38
RGB	rgb(192, 154, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 70.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, 3.93, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 54.65, 85.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% 0.0061 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.122 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0096, 34.6054, 8.6288)
Luminance	0.3460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09A38 #385EC0

analogous

#C05638 #C09A38 #A2C038

triadic

#C09A38 #38C09A #9A38C0

tetradic

#C09A38 #38C056 #385EC0 #C038A2

square

#C09A38 #38C056 #385EC0 #C038A2

split-complementary

#C09A38 #38A2C0 #5638C0

monochromatic

#614E1C #91742A #C09A38 #D2B364 #DFCA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#C09A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#C09A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09A38

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09A38	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC992B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D08D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 154, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.122 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b774',
    500: '#c09a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09a38;
$custom-light: #d7b774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.235,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70356,
    "c": 0.12197,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09A38

secondary

#899BCB

accent

#73DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09A38

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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